See North Carolina’s newly approved political maps, and what districts you’d be in
The N.C. Supreme Court approved late Wednesday night a third version of North Carolina’s congressional districts for the 2022 election.
Candidate filing began less than 12 hours later at 8 a.m. Thursday for the May 17 primary.
Some background: The N.C. Supreme Court had ordered state lawmakers to redraw districts for state House and Senate and Congress after determining that districts released in November were drawn to give Republicans an unfair advantage. On Wednesday, the trial court told lawmakers it wasn’t satisfied with their second attempt to draw congressional districts and released its own version of the map for 2022.
Candidates now have until March 4 to figure out where to run and file with the state Board of Elections.
That all leaves one very important question for voters. What districts do they live in?
What the proposed maps look like
The U.S. House districts (detail here):
The N.C. House districts (detail here):
And finally, the N.C. Senate districts (detail here):
Here are the counties in the new congressional map and the old maps that were used for the 2020 elections. We’ve also included the incumbents for each district, but some are not running for reelection, and others have already announced plans to run in different districts.
District 1
Map approved for 2022 election: Bertie, Chowan, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington, Wilson and parts of Pitt. (Incumbents: G.K. Butterfield and Greg Murphy)
Map used in 2020 election: Bertie, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilson and parts of Pitt and Vance.
District 2
Map approved for 2022 election: Part of Wake. (Incumbent: Deborah Ross)
Map used in 2020 election: Part of Wake.
District 3
Map approved for 2022 election: Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Sampson and parts of Pitt and Wayne. (Incumbent: None)
Map used in 2020 election: Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Tyrrell and part of Pitt.
District 4
Map approved for 2022 election: Alamance, Durham, Granville, Orange and Person and part of Caswell. (Incumbent: David Price)
Map used in 2020 election: Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange and parts of Chatham, Wake and Vance.
District 5
Map approved for 2022 election: Alleghany, Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Davie, Mitchell, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin and parts of Caldwell and Forsyth. (Incumbents: Virginia Foxx and Ted Budd)
Map used in 2020 election: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Gaston, Watauga, Wilkes and parts of Catawba and Rutherford.
District 6
Map approved for 2022 election: Guilford, Rockingham and parts of Caswell and Forsyth. (Incumbent: Kathy Manning)
Map used in 2020 election: Guilford and part of Forsyth.
District 7
Map approved for 2022 election: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson and part of Cumberland. (Incumbent: David Rouzer).
Map used in 2020 election: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Johnston, New Hanover, Pender, Sampson and part of Harnett.
District 8
Map approved for 2022 election: Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Rowan, Stanly, Union and parts of Cabarrus, Richmond. (Incumbent: None)
Map used in 2020 election: Cabarrus, Montgomery, Hoke, Stanly and parts of Cumberland, Harnett, Lee, Moore and Rowan.
District 9
Map approved for 2022 election: Chatham, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Scotland, Randolph and parts of Cumberland, Harnett and Richmond. (Incumbent: None)
Map used in 2020 election: Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, Union and parts of Mecklenburg and Moore.
District 10
Map approved for 2022 election: Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Iredell, Lincoln, parts of Caldwell, Gaston and Rutherford. (Incumbent: Patrick McHenry)
Map used in 2020 election: Lincoln, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin and parts of Catawba, Iredell, Forsyth and Burke.
District 11
Map approved for 2022 election: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey and parts of Henderson. (Incumbent: Madison Cawthorn)
Map used in 2020 election: Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey and part of Rutherford.
District 12
Map approved for 2022 election: Part of Mecklenburg. (Incumbent: Richard Hudson)
Map used in 2020 election: Part of Mecklenburg.
District 13
Map approved for 2022 election: Johnston and parts of Harnett, Wake and Wayne. (Incumbent: None)
Map used in 2020 election: Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Person, Randolph, Rowan and parts of Chatham, Lee and Iredell.
District 14
Map approved for 2022 election: Parts of Gaston and Mecklenburg. (Incumbents: Alma Adams and Dan Bishop)
Map used in 2020 election: Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey and part of Watauga.
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This story was originally published February 16, 2022 at 1:59 PM with the headline "See North Carolina’s newly approved political maps, and what districts you’d be in."
